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Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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This Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA as well as the side-events were held virtually.
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Authorities from the national statistical offices of Latin America and the Caribbean recognized the role of official statistics in the development of public policies for mitigating the effects of the health emergency prompted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and in the post-pandemic economic reactivation, on the final day of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of ECLAC.
During the meeting, the countries commended national statistical offices and other agencies producing official statistics for the various actions taken to provide continuity in statistical production during the pandemic, and encouraged them to identify innovations and good practices implemented during this period that can be adopted on a permanent basis to strengthen the efficiency of statistical operations and the quality of official statistics.
Agreements and Report
▪ Report of the Nineteenth of the Executive Committee of the SCA (LC/CE.19/4)
Working documents
Reference documents
| LC/CEA.10/7 | Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities 2020-2021, of the SCA-ECLAC |
| LC/L.4070(CEA.8/4) | Strategic Plan, 2015–2025 |
Programme of work
Full video (Spanish)
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Opening session
Welcome remarks:
• Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director-General of the DANE of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
• Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division
Presentation(s)
Aprobación del temario provisional / Adoption of the agenda
The challenges posed by COVID-19 as an opportunity to strengthen the role of national statistical offices
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La pandemia de COVID-19 como impulso para la innovación estadística
The COVID-19 pandemic as a driver of innovation in statistics
El papel de la información en el contexto de la pandemia / The role of information in the context of the pandemic
Innovations in the face of COVID-19 in the countries of the European
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
La contribución de las oficinas nacionales de estadística a las acciones de política pública en el marco de la pandemia de COVID-19 / The contribution of national statistical offices to public policy actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19: Testeo aleatorio de una ciudad - Uruguay
- Estrategias para acceder a datos administrativos para complementar y sustituir datos de encuestas en el contexto del COVID-1
Experiencias sobre las posibilidades para el aprovechamiento estadístico de los registros administrativos / Experiences relating to opportunities for the statistical use of administrative records
▪ Panel de discusión / Panel discussion: Desafíos para la sostenibilidad de las operaciones estadísticas y la recolección de información / Challenges for the sustainability of statistical operations and data collection
- Instituto Brasileño de Geografía y Estadística (IBGE), Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) del Perú, Instituto de Estadística de Jamaica
- Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) of Peru, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
Side events: Statistical and geospatial information | Statistics on security and justice
Integration of statistical and geospatial information: Perspective from the statistical offices
Organized by INEGI of Mexico
Pandemic, isolation and statistics on security and justice
Organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
The challenges posed by COVID-19 as an opportunity to strengthen the role of national statistical offices (continued)
Presentation(s)
Innovaciones en el levantamiento del censo / Innovations in carrying out censuses
Experiencias de levantamiento de censo durante la pandemia
Desafíos para la implementación del censo de 2020 a raíz de la pandemia
Experiences conducting censuses in Caribbean countries
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
▪ Panel de discusión / Panel discussion: Desafíos para la implementación de la ronda de censos de 2020 / Challenges of implementing 2020 census rounds
- Instituto de Estadísticas de Belice (SIB), Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) de Costa Rica, Instituto Haitiano de Estadística e Informática (IHSI)
- Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Costa Rica, Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information Sciences (IHSI)
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
▪ Cierre de la sesión / Conclusion of the session
Full video (Spanish)
The role of national statistical offices as data stewards
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▪ Introducción / Introduction
The new roles of national statistical offices: data stewardship from the perspective of the Conference of European Statisticians and Canada
Las oficinas nacionales de estadística como administradoras de datos desde la perspectiva del Grupo de Alto Nivel de Colaboración, Coordinación y Fomento de la Capacidad en materia de Estadística para la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible
¿De usuarios a coproductores? Los nuevos roles en el ecosistema de datos / From users to co-producers? New roles in the data ecosystem
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) de Costa Rica, Oficina Central de Estadísticas (CSO) de Granada y Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEC) del Paraguay
- National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Costa Rica, Central Statistical Office (CSO) of Grenada and Department of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (DGEEC) of Paraguay
Modernización del Sistema Estadístico Nacional - Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos / STP, Periodo 2018 - 2023
▪ Cierre de la sesión / Conclusion of the session
Side events: Production and use of gender data | Economic statistics and COVID-19
Challenges faced by countries in producing and utilizing gender data
Organized by Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC
Challenges and perspectives of the production and dissemination of economic statistics under the situation of COVID-19
Organized by DANE of Colombia
A decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals
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▪ Introducción / Introduction
Progress chart relating to "The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020"
Evaluation of progress towards the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific
Proyecciones de los indicadores de los ODS en 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe
Projections of SDG indicators for 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
México en la coyuntura de la década de acción para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible / Mexico in the context of the decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals
La Argentina en la coyuntura de la década de acción para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
» Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
▪ Cierre de la sesión / Conclusion of the session
Full video (Spanish)
Review of progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2020–2021
Presentation(s)
1) Guía para la implementación de un marco de aseguramiento de la calidad para la producción de estadísticas oficiales
Guide for the implementation of a quality assurance framework for the production of official statistics
2) Documento sobre marco metodológico armonizado para la medición de indicadores relacionados con los desastres de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y del Marco de Sendái para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres 2015-2030
Document on a harmonized methodological framework for measuring disaster-related indicators pertaining to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
3) Guía metodológica sobre mediciones de uso del tiempo en América Latina y el Caribe
Methodological guide on time-use measurements in Latin America and the Caribbean
4) Protocolo para la recolección y divulgación de datos sobre niños, niñas y adolescentes como participantes de estudio
Protocol for the collection and dissemination of data from studies involving children and adolescents
5) Documento de recomendaciones para la generación de estadísticas e indicadores ambientales de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) con información geoespacial y el uso de fuentes no tradicionales
Document of recommendations for generating environmental statistics and indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with geospatial information and using non-traditional sources
6) Documento de diagnóstico sobre las capacidades de los sistemas estadísticos para la medición de la migración internacional
7) Guía sobre conceptualización y medición de precios y volúmenes del sector servicios
Guide on conceptualization and measurement of prices and volumes in the services sector
8) Documento metodológico sobre aspectos conceptuales y aprovechamiento estadístico de registros administrativos económicos
Methodological document on conceptual aspects and statistical use of economic administrative records
9) Documento sobre lineamientos para el procesamiento, validación y aseguramiento de la consistencia de datos censales
10) Manual sobre el diseño de sistemas estadísticos de seguridad y justicia penal
Manual on the design of security and criminal justice statistical systems
11) Documento sobre buenas prácticas para la adopción de las recomendaciones internacionales sobre estadísticas de las relaciones de trabajo
Side events: COVID-19: Labor statistics, Gender bias and labor market | Economic census
Impact of COVID-19 on the production of labor statistics. Recommendations, progress and future challenges
Organized by INE of Chile
The role of data to highlight gender bias in the pandemic. A perspective from the labor market and the economic autonomy of women
Organized by DANE of Colombia
The importance of the economic census in the countries of Latin America, regarding the publication of the most recent economic census carried out in Mexico
Organized by INEGI of Mexico
Other matters
Presentation(s)
- Sistema de Indicadores y Estándares del Desarrollo Urbano (SIEDU)
- Información sobre el examen amplio de 2020 del marco de indicadores mundiales de los ODS
- Desarrollo en transición y producción estadística / Development in transition and statistical production
- Próximas actividades de la Red de Transmisión del Conocimiento (RTC)
Agreements and closing session
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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